Re: [PIUG List] controversial patent application

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Hi Bob,

For biotech inventions, the inventor/applicant has to show that he/she
was in possession of the invention at the filing date of the
application. If there is no such showing, then it is unlikely today that
the application will issue with claims based on speculation. This has
been the tendency in Europe (ICON Opposition case), but also in the US,
where examiners try their hardest to obtain the same result (albeit
through different, but similar arguments, for example by citing the
UCLA/Eli Lilly case in support of their position).


Alex Thurgood

BOB BUNTROCK a écrit :
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| One sentence in the article intrigued me: "Aharonian has not shown that
| the techniques work--that is not necessary to claim ownership of an
| invention."
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| Any comments?
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Received on Tue Feb 12 2008 - 14:04:49